Mesencephalic trigeminal nucleus neurons supplying the jaw closing muscles have no spinal projection: A fluorescent double-labeling study in birds and mammals

Anatomical Record

Volumn 249, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 255-258

  Lucchi, M L ^a   Scapolo, P A ^b   Barazzoni, A M ^a   Clavenzani, P ^a   Lalatta Costerbosa, G ^a   Berardinelli, P ^b   Bortolami, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Duck; Fluorescent tracers; Jaw muscles; Masseter muscle; Mesencephalic trigeminal nucleus; Rabbit; Rat; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CELL POPULATION; DUCK; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; JAW MUSCLE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MESENCEPHALON; MUSCLE SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PERIODONTAL LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; SPINAL CORD; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS;

ANATOMY, COMPARATIVE; ANIMALS; DUCKS; FLUORESCENT DYES; MASSETER MUSCLE; MESENCEPHALON; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEI;

ANAS SP.; ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0030771932     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199710)249:2<255::AID-AR13>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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